Dave Bautista Reacts to James Gunn Joining Suicide Squad 2

Bautista continues to show his support for the embattled writer/director.

By Nick Santangelo

With James Gunn set to officially write and potentially direct Suicide Squad 2, fellow Guardians of the Galaxy veteran Dave Bautista is looking to join him on the project.

“Where do I sign up!” Bautista tweeted in response to the news of Gunn helming the DC and Warner Bros. supervillain sequel.

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Bautista played the character Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, both of which were written and directed by Gunn. And while Disney and Marvel plan to eventually make a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, it’ll without Gunn, which has caused Bautista to think twice about another reprisal as Drax.

“Yeah there’s a bit of an issue, it’s a bitter-sweet conversation,” Bautista said last month. “Um, no it’s a bitter-bitter conversation because I’m not really happy with what they’ve done with James Gunn. They’re putting the movie off. It’s on hold indefinitely and to be honest with you, I don’t know if I want to work for Disney.”

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Disney decided to cut Gunn loose following the uncovering of some 2008 and 2009 Twitter jokes he made about rape and pedophilia. Despite Gunn and Bautista requesting Disney give the writer/director a second chance, the company decided against doing so.

Nick Santangelo is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He loves video games and sports, but not sports video games. Follow him on Twitter.